solved in more bloodshed and foreign military intervention meanwhile an arab european draft resolution on syria which drew russia's criticism is being revised to pull un security council the initial attacks was calling for a regime change and warning of further action to mask has failed to comply with it on top of this to you impose more sanctions against syria this week to further pressure president assad and now that the observer mission has been frozen people are preparing for the worst authorities correspondent sara first now reports. over the last few weeks we've accompanied the observers on many of their excursions into some of the country's move restive areas here this prison on the outskirts of damascus these are the prisoners have been selected for release this evening you can see the signing on this is being overseen by some of the arab league observers who have been here their presence is enabled an increase in foreign media in the country many of whom also joined them on their trips is being considered

a slightly safer way of visiting these areas they are accompanied by government security offices and is believed to at least hopes the worst there in that area security forces well that's what the people felt when the observers arrived at these places the protesters told us they felt temporarily safe enough to express the views. that's one see of service leave and the protesters are left alone they tell us punishment. i don't want to go . you know what. they are going to have the is the goal statement it is with true at the beginning of the week after the observers have presented their schools to the arab league. the hotel is the most it is said they could buy some of them with switching phone numbers and taking photos with colleagues their bags many of the monitors are now leaving the country and their withdrawal has been seen. as

a major blow to the observer mission it seems that could turn out to have been a fatal one a senior source from the opposition with inside the country the n c c has told r.t. that he thought observers were hoping to restart their mission c. and that their decision was akin to a form of protest against the growing violence and the perhaps once it comes down they could resume their work but on the day that the goal statements has departed one observer has hinted to me that the rest of them might not be far behind and it seems the talks of further training for the monitors and increasing the numbers seem to have been forgotten about despite strengthening the mission being more important now than ever. on friday the monitors had taken the tailing journalists on a tour around the christian area of damascus where like most fridays here the streets were almost deserted they'd chosen not to venture further afield unimpressed afterwards we pushed on with some of the journalists to

a suburb now controlled by the free syrian army. but without the observers and the protesters concerned about the security forces imminent survival was an extremely serious one when gunshots rang out in the distance we had to leave there was no guarantee that we wouldn't be caught in the middle of what locals tell us a regular crackdowns to try to regain control of the area for the time being the free syrian army remains in control without the observers and many of these places will become almost inaccessible again with no one to monitor the current situation they cause living in these areas say that they fear the danger has no greatly increased for them in now seems a question of when they have service will resume their mission and so at a time when the conflict is in more desperate need of carving than ever the full one small source of hate for many people has just been halted it's going to make it that much harder to establish. exactly what's happening here in the country.

damascus syria. well russia wants to see the arab league monitoring team expanded it also says it needs to study the observers report before the block's peace plan calling for president assad's departure is introduced at the u.n. security council that's a good question surrounding the arab league's decision to halt its fact finding mission. weston grafter the resolution it is it's got language saying if assad does not comply with the terms of that resolution in addition additional measures will be considered oh my goodness that sounds like a no fly zone and different language it was an open sesame to direct intervention meeting war russia and china are determined to prevent just the observers were sent into syria they picked the wrong man to lead the mission people who sudanese general of the base are here man in charge who would deliver the goods against

assad believing him for everything going on and who what a general who the service started cooperating it's exactly the opposite of what the west wanted to hear they wanted a pretext step up whatever they haven't murray which is some kind of you defection either direct nido you know needle so you do it and it was one of the mini you know you were something else or it could be processing intervention. but syria simmers so too does libya and that's months after the fall of gadhafi but now n.-g. o. doctors without borders says of suspending its mission to libya after being made to treat torture victims are then sent straight back for further interrogation. where u.s. police have used tear gas and flash grenades against some two thousand occupy campaigners in oakland california around three hundred people have been arrested as

the crowds trying to seize one of the city's buildings before later marching through the downtown area arches were important iowa has more. it began around saturday afternoon when roughly two hundred fifty occupy occupy optimists in oakland california began demonstrating in the streets and it was hours past the crowd grew stronger and stronger up to crosley twenty two thousand people strong ultimately what the goal was for this demonstration is for protesters to take over and abandoned building where they wanted to create their new headquarters because as our viewers may remember crossed the country in the united states just a few months ago police departments are removed activists from their camps and this was an attempt for oakland optimiser to set up a new headquarters but as the crowd grew stronger and larger of thankfully the

police in oakland began firing tear gas and flash grenades i v occupy atlanta this morning to the police they say members of the crowd began throwing things at times at the officers and that is what ultimately triggered this clash between police officers came to occupy an optimist but as guys you know this is not the first time we've seen a fierce clash between officers and activists in oakland california got in october since late october there was a least three hundred people arrested and a former u.s. marine by the name scott olsen was left in critical condition with a head injury from being struck in the head by a police tear gas canister canister and this is something odd that put a lot of criticism on the police department in oakland california they've been criticized for being very harsh with occupy out. well archie has been following the

occupy protests in the u.s. since the very start so if you want to track the timeline of events you can simply log on to our website our dot com we've got the epicenter of the movement capturing shocking footage of demonstrations that engulfed the u.s. catch all of our coverage online also. wore them all millionaires pay lower tax rates but millions of middle class households obama makes his pre-election pitch to americans in the annual state of the union address stressing jobs and quality in a bid to appease growing anti corporate sentiment that's on our team for you next hour. well this week anger over the pending ratification of act new international online anti-piracy agreement spilled out onto the streets of poland internet users say the new law along with similar bills now suspended in the u.s. is a form of censorship and violates human rights or to select have ski follow the outrage

. at first thousands across poland directed their anger squarely at the notorious anti counterfeit trade agreement the idea of funding. for publishing the dried marked material. it's somehow illogical to me it's like punishing the corporation that produces knifes for. being used to kill somebody that will be used to our internet activity i believe that talking through the internet email chatting forums form of self-expression but with every passing rally the protest grew more political the crowds put prime minister government under fire for signing the agreement on thursday most governmental websites were hijacked by the anonymous hacker group i think they are trying to maximize us with. the promise is that there would be a sudden closer touch to the documents. that we have rights. to. the rights for

our own interpretation of the king but that's not possible knows a lot from our government technically active should be a good thing protecting intellectual property ranging from music to design your bags but the global online community fears corporations will use it to police the web and take regular users offline for harmless internet behavior it certainly has a striking resemblance to the much debated sopa bill in the united states which sent even online giants like google and wikipedia to take direct action but the law was only meant to work locally across the atlantic while act would be applied more globally. racial groups and in some countries it needs to be ratified by parliament but not in every country so we have another. actor is still an option for many many countries

it was too much. well one french e.u. deputy he quit calling act a charade then came the twitter twist the micro-blogging site saying it can now censor tweets country by country friday's act of protests in warsaw were expected to gather up to forty thousand people but a sudden big freeze kept many away nevertheless the intends to rally for several more weeks hoping to urge warsaw's ruling circles to take a step back twenty one other member states along with poland signed an actor but it's only here that the decision has caused so much controversy and public dissent the document is yet to be ratified by the country spar laments which certainly leaves the possibility of more protests everywhere across the european continent let's. see reporting from poland. and later this hour we examine the cases of two people facing extradition for alleged online criminal activities.

called state of the. u.k. student faces ten years behind bars in the u.s. even though his actions aren't considered a crime in his home country all due to a treaty between the countries drawn up to fight terrorism. now newly liberated but back in trouble doctors without borders announced its suspending its mission to libya over concerns that it's being made to treat interrogation victims a budget they tortured by and t.c. forces now with thousands of gadhafi loyalists still behind bars there's growing concern over the intentions of the nato backed government argues with an ocean of reports. doctors without borders known for going do their job in the most dangerous and notorious places around the globe but in n t c iran libya the group has encountered a formidable obstacle they couldn't overcome burns from electric shocks and cigarettes heavy bruising and renal failure all these evidence of the continued to

churn of prisoners say the doctors and now off the two inmates died from the beatings the international group has stopped its mission in protest. patients were brought to us in the middle of interrogation for medical care in order to make them fit for further interrogation this is an acceptable our rule is to provide medical care to war casualties and sick detainees not to repeatedly treat the same patients between torture sessions the news comes amidst rising anger with libya's interim government demonstrations in benghazi last week ended with the resignation of a high ranking member of the m.t.c. in the former gadhafi stronghold of bani walid locals pushed out their terms you can also forces claim in systematic abuse it started with the very beginning of the rebellion very beginning of the insurrection the second day of the rebellion on eighteenth of february fifty african migrants were rounded up locked in

a detention center and burnt to death and the n.p.c. expressed support for this time this is part of the strategy of the west you know divide and rule that was given the green light but the torture and execution that we're seeing now so this is a clear recipe for civil war meanwhile the nato operation that brought the m.t.c. to power is by itself raising question just. a high profile international team of human rights activists has been to levy a tuna fest to gate some of make sure that it bears entity of where with their evolution in the frogs and there were guiding the air raids and they addicting them and court have been raping them if you are mandated. the approach to see. that. it is very

very accurate in a way that i myself saw the killing of so many people in front of me. i saw the killing go fifty one people in front of my eyes was fifteen years old and while all sides and believe in conflict are to play for violence and violations the human rights activists claim not all of them have been held responsible for their wrongdoing investigated what happens during libya's seven month civil war and the nato campaign to protect civilians this fact of mission discovered again crimes against humanity but the goal was not to judge but to shed light on what happened and not to repeat the mistakes in recent united nations report has reviewed that up to eight thousand supporters have been held by really should groups in libya right now and with numerous occasions of torture and revenge killings throughout the country hopes of a new beginning for libya are fading quickly raef an ocean or r.t.

. well also in libya the national transitional council has reportedly begun amassing forces including truck mounted anti aircraft cannons near the rest of town by new i mean the troop build up comes after deadly clashes in the town earlier this week during which government fighters were forced out there on ras mirrors a growing frustration in libya with many people fed up with them to see incompetence and violent power struggles between former rebels patrick hayes a reporter for the online magazine spike says he's not surprised by this latest events. the national transitional council itself was very much something that was already chosen by the west not something that was chosen by the libyan people it was very much kind of put in place and then those kind of helicopters did when gadhafi was gotten rid of so the thing that i find very striking here actually is that the anti you see isn't doing itself any favors into the pro-democracy campaign is. also seeing off the. support as well warnings for

a long time that this could happen but in the world leads people would say very least to moments we may get a pro get a few uprising here in the m.t.c. did nothing about it so it's not surprising and it does seem like the m.t.c. is impotence and this is reflecting the needs and desires of anyone in libya at the moment but libya however isn't the only nation simmering in post-revolutionary on rast in egypt it's very talkative square as hundreds of thousands of people rally against the absolute power of the ruling military and its reluctance to step down we have more on that for you next hour here on r.t. . now considered innocent in his home country but a wanted man in the u.s. if handed over to the states and found guilty of online copyright infringement the u.k. student could face ten years in an american prison all because of a controversial extradition treaty between the two countries supposedly created to help fight terrorism there's been

a report this student is not the only victim of the divisive legislation. from running a website in his bedroom with links to pirated movies to up to ten years in a u.s. federal prison richard o'dwyer is the latest victim of the u.k.'s controversial extradition treaty with america his actions aren't even a crime in britain that counters copyright infringement in the u.s. for the judge that was enough for richard's mother it was devastating. perry's going to impact the gulf states i know for the fact that you brigid site t.v. shack was seized by u.s. authorities last year this is what you see on the home page now he didn't host any illegal videos itself but posted links to where users could find them u.s. prosecutors claim richard banked two hundred thirty thousand dollars in advertising

revenue from the site although he's never been to america they claim his actions had a direct consequence is there to be treated unfairly slightly. here because he was just pro extradition for well i've heard all that but i'm just going to go with the other side anyway so. all that work that we put in. there and all the he would there when he's i'm not sure if you were there last time before when he said made a good strong argument that all went out the window completely. you know giving him no no we can't go. into. the u.k. u.s. extradition treaty was signed in two thousand and three supposedly to bring international terrorists to justice but many feel it's unfair to british citizens it makes it far easier for america to extradite someone from the u.k. than the other way around so far extraditions of five to two in america's favor better and british m.p.

simming campbell's leading a review of the treaty by his party the smaller partner in the governing coalition . what i argue for is that the position of a british citizen should be no worse than that of an american so it's kind of the moment you think it's like i'm in no doubt that. richard was innocently caught up in something which was never intended to deal with people like him gary mckinnon scase is another that's left british m.p.'s crying out for change the asperger's sufferer has been fighting extradition to seven years he's wanted for hacking into pentagon files that he claims he was searching for evidence of u.f.o.'s a recent parliamentary debates on the treaty was so one sided in favor of changing it that a vote wasn't even needed but what's happening in there is still not enough to stop richard though it was pending extradition his case is certainly highlighted the need for something to be done but any changes could be too late for him he's case

is now in the hands of home secretary theresa may who has been accused of abandoning plans to change the treaty richard and his family will get the chance to appeal the decision at a higher court but their options are rapidly running out of bennett's london. now a story of a man also living in britain and wanted in the u.s. for his online activities wiki leaks founder and notorious whistleblower julian our son is about to take center stage once again well the man who made the government's tremble now gets ready to question even more on his new exclusive talk show premiering right here on archie this march and fans will share his unique view on what the world of tomorrow will look like ok political players visionaries and power insiders will be among the cast of the wiki leaks founder stay with r.t. to find out exactly who will be joining him in march.

both seems always fair when it comes to pre-election favor political wrangling and russia has spread into the internet taking a viral dimension as local activists try cutting edge tactics to win the hearts and minds of the people or to get there to get a job or has been looking at what's going on on the on line battlefield but where does it want is that you were right is that was that it was a gray suits and ties and slogans cold out from the podium of the traditional election season where they're no longer considered politically involved with. today's complaining has gone online in a whole new trend in russia. with programming and bloggers making fun of the opposition portraying them in prayer outside the u.s. embassy on sundays claiming they are connected to the us state department and the

opposition filming funny cartoons about politicians made out of lego. getting information out there is becoming easier all the time but the internet is a very different medium to television while on t.v. it's enough to just look into the camera like this to viewers' attention not so although that to me you are police video reach millions of lines it's not just the mass it also has to be brazen and sometimes project a whole different image. it's no surprise then that putin as a character from harry puta became an overnight hit it's an industry doing the symbol. of i don't see what i see you stuck with something yes they're going to cut again they're going to. make it and you're sure that the quickest but when you're

put in the new. propaganda but it will just be them. but i don't compete it's a pua but apart from catching images memorable catchphrases are used against those in the corridors of power opposition blogger alex enough wiley was the first upload his shot which is tongues online a year ago he labeled the ruling united russia party of the apes and scoundrels the insulting phrase and first appeared on the net but quickly migrated to almost every magine of all media in russia and beyond a year after the party won in the parliamentary elections and reworked the catchphrase felicity's a vote for the party of thieves and scoundrels for ten years of economic growth with the party of these in scoundrels united russia. the mastermind behind that video and state duma deputy robert proved his party can also fight its wars

online broke out super powers the use of being in my name is to provoke or to preen reality darker than that is often i don't agree with such statements in my videos but they do work. in that russia without putin would rise why not give away your country your beautiful girlfriend to some foreign guys what will happen to the caucasus nothing less just give it away to you spawning a war technically this video has made a very professional you can see that a highly paid specialist did it appeals to primitive responses but works one hundred percent first thought is that there is indeed no future without but videos from the opposition are just as. and now the whole trend of this election season eavesdropping on politicians and posting recordings online or those taking part in a massive opposition rally in december were surprised to find out that one of their inspirations maurice and self described them in

a phone as. their cue from its future of government report for your comfort your coach naive to expect from any side when we were living in election year there are no holds barred in this war not even interfering in someone's private life. a lack of privacy for today's politicians is already a modern day reality and with fifty million russians going online today about forty percent of the adult population she's the future is predicted to be filled with them online political other tars pushing the boundaries of a virtual world without borders it's even a gradual one party. well andrew will bring you the latest sport in about fifteen minutes here on our to including the ups and downs of russia's athletes but before that i'll be back with a wrap up of the headlines after this short break stay with us.

in the time like a well trained. religion ruined. for thailand where time stands still. becomes a scene to. the mysterious sons of russia. the line from moscow we have the latest stories and the we are top stories this sunday for you here's a look at what we're covering the arab league is on ice the syrian fact finding mission is frozen after violence ask away triggering pressure from the e.u. and tough talks at the u.n.

security council. and revolutionary aftershocks deadly clashes and troops build up in libya while in egypt hundreds of thousands stage fresh protests against their ruling military. for us police take the gloves off approach against occupy protesters in oakland firing tear gas and flash grenades arresting hundred in the process. but this recall folks saw online anger spilling onto the streets as internet users in poland fought against a new international anti-piracy agreement sina censorship and human rights abuse. plus the iranian parliament is set to vote on an immediate cut off of oil supplies to the e.u. in a preemptive strike against the blocs crude embargo on teh run to win the summer something many fear will backfire on europe's prell economy well coming up next start she caught up with the head of russia's high tech state corporation vs non-o. and.